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Joyrider: How Gratitude Can Help You Get the Life You Really Want | Angela Scanlon
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Gratitude is your soul's superfood, but cheaper than goji berries, and twice as good for you. I like to think of it as mindfulness for cynics or the "gateway drug" to spirituality. It's a very tangible thing you can do everyday that will shift your focus to what you have rather than pining and obsessing over what you don't have. Away from a state of lack into limitless abundance...' So what happens when we stop taking things for granted and start putting some gra* into our gratitude? When we consciously turn our heads and hearts to what we have and focus on the good? In Joy Rider, television presenter and host of the podcast Thanks A Million, Angela Scanlon, presents her guide to tapping into your own natural super resource - joy. This book is an invitation to embrace the kind of gratitude that cuts through the bulls**t of life to its truth, connecting us with the present and grounding us in self. When there is so much to feel anxious about, Angela shares with readers how focusing our attention on the small, incremental positives in life can completely change it for the better. * It means love in Irish
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lil1inblue
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It's been a busy, but rejuvenating week:
1. I went to a rally to stand with Ukraine
2. At #1, I heard about a community organizing event that I attended the next day
3. At #2, I heard about an upcoming mutual aid workshop, which is just what I've been looking for
4. I saw Frigg, a Finnish folk band, in concert
5. I'm going to the symphony tomorrow

Tl;dr: Community and music are healing. 🩵

#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

MaGoose It sounds like you've had a busy but fun and informative day 6d
dabbe 💚🩶💚 6d
lil1inblue @MaGoose I feel.so energized! 5d
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lil1inblue @dabbe 🩵💙🩵 5d
Deblovestoread Fantastic! ❤️✊🏼❤️ 5d
lil1inblue @Deblovestoread 🩵✊🏻🩵 3d
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LiseWorks
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#5JoysFriday So grateful for this day as I look for joys all week. @DebinHawaii
1. I painted a wine bottle.
2. I painted bees 🐝
3. Success at ice fishing on Sunday. Caught 42 fish I all. Lol all those perch kept us going. 3 pikes were good to keep
4. Started getting #ValentinesCardSwap cards
5. Finished cross stich bookmark

Bookwormjillk I love the bees! 3w
TheBookHippie Yay!!! Cards!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3w
dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 3w
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peaKnit
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Yoga at a new studio with a friend
2. Fun day out with dad and husband
3. Breakfast with my girls
4. A new ARC!! ❤️ Katherine Center
5. Always the 4-legged family

Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @dabbe

dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 🩶🖤🩶 2mo
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AmyG
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1. Our big hospital volunteer bake sale…is over. My biggest joy as it‘s a lot of work.
2. I slept well the past few days.
3. Dear friends are back in town and I got to see them yesterday.
4. I recieved a lovely gift from my friend @Soubhiville ❤️
5. I fished a wonderful book-This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub….a gift from my friend @Jas16 …loved it.

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

Lesliereadsalot So jealous you slept well for a few days! So happy for you 😀 3mo
AmyG @Lesliereadsalot So….my husband is away for business. I went to bed the last 3 nights at 7:30…slept until 4:30. Worked like a charm…only up once. He comes back tonight so that‘s all out the window. 🤣 3mo
Lesliereadsalot I hear you! Forgot to mention how much I liked This Time Tomorrow also. Made me think of my dad. 3mo
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TheBookHippie Oh I so get the sleep well thing!!! 3mo
AmyG @Lesliereadsalot I saw it as a love letter to her Dad, Peter Straub…who died a couple of years ago. It was lovely. 3mo
dabbe 💙❄️💙 3mo
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 3mo
Jas16 So glad you liked it! 3mo
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AmyG
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1. Ski season opens today
2. Seeing a good friend for dinner tonight
3. My husband‘s cold is better.
4. We have had beautiful weather this week.
5. Been doing lots of reading this week!
@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

Deblovestoread Yay for good weather! 🌞 4mo
kspenmoll Lots of joy!!! 4mo
mcctrish Ski season 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4mo
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dabbe 🤎🍁🧡 4mo
AnnCrystal 🙏💝💝💝💝💝. 4mo
Lesliereadsalot How‘s it going in the snow? Did you get to the football game?? 4mo
AmyG @Lesliereadsalot I did get there. We just got out in time. 4mo
DogMomIrene Yay for snow. We had some flurries that didn‘t stick, but reminded me to pay for snow removal service. 4mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛 Thanks for sharing. 🤗 4mo
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AmyG
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This is a tough week for joys….
1. We booked a trip to MI to see our grandson (last trip of this year)
2. I read the wonderful Blue Sisters…loved it.
3. Got some lovely gifts from wonderful Litsy friends.
4. Ha…figured out where the weird beeping came from in the garage…garage door backup battery. A joy because it was driving me nuts. Beeps and drips…NOPE.
5. Going to KC for football so if our flight takes off in Denver - JOY. Getting a foot-snow

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4mo
marleed Oh have fun in the kingdom, it‘s going to be loud! 4mo
dabbe 🧡🍁🤎 4mo
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Deblovestoread
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#5JoysFriday

1 - 3 Swaps! The books, the gifts, the candy. So much gratitude for the lovely Littens that sent such wonderful boxes. @Gissy @Chrissyreadit @Avanders and those that organize these fun events that bring all the joy. @wanderinglynn @BookwormAHN @MaleficentBookDragon

4 - Sunday matinee at Oregon Symphony with my daughter.

5 - Finally picked up a pen and sent some replies. 📬 #LitsyLove

Tag your it Littens!

@DebinHawaii

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4mo
dabbe 🧡🍁💛 4mo
Bookwormjillk I love a good matinee 4mo
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BookwormAHN 🖤🐈‍⬛️🖤 4mo
Avanders 😍🥰😘♥️ 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🎈❤️ 4mo
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AmyG
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Went trunk-or-treating with my grandson, saw a beautiful sunrise, a funny license plate, getting pictures from my daughter on her trip to Amsterdam, and got tickets to see a favorite band in March.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Lesliereadsalot Wonderful joys from one early bird to another! 4mo
AmyG @Lesliereadsalot Or….insomniac 🤣 4mo
mcctrish Sounds like a great week 4mo
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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4mo
dabbe 🧡🖤🧡 4mo
peaKnit What a great week filled with joy! 4mo
Deblovestoread How fun! 💜 4mo
MemoirsForMe Love these photos! ❤️ 4mo
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peaKnit
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii (thank you for the tag, and also @Kshakal )
1. Buddy read
2. Meditation retreat at beautiful space.
3. Reminiscent Halloween decorations
4. Continuing temperature blanket. August ✔️
5. Fun day with the college kid - cheese curds and kiddie cocktails. ❤️🩷 🍒 🥤

Texreader I want a fun day with my college kid! How awesome!! 5mo
peaKnit @texreader Thank you! I hope you get a fun day soon! 5mo
TheBookHippie All sounds lovely! 5mo
DebinHawaii A lovely week of joys! 💛💛💛 Can‘t wait to see the blanket when it‘s done & yay to cheese curds! 🧀 🎉 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 5mo
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peaKnit
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@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday
1. 30th anniversary with my best friend
2. Trip to Disneyland 🎉👻
3. Part 2 at the beach
4. Ina. So elegant and earthy.
5. Food, relaxation and exploration
My cup is very full this week, this will help to help soften the re-entry next week lol.

mcctrish Happy Anniversary 5mo
Deblovestoread Disney dressed up for Halloween is the best. 🧡 5mo
dabbe Happy Anniversary! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
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DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 Happy Anniversary! 🎊 And yay to Disney! 🎉 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 5mo
DebinHawaii I‘m excited about Ina‘s book too! 🎉📚 5mo
peaKnit @mcctrish @dabbe @DebinHawaii Thank you!! Re-entry today is dreadful lol! And @Deblovestoread I could not agree more ❤️🎃👻 5mo
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AmyG
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1 and 2…..our daughter is moving to Denver. (She and her cat were living here for a few months). I get to take the plastic protectors off my couches!
3. Had a lovely Rosh Hashonah.
4. The weather here has been sunny and low 70‘s.
5. The Mets beat the Brewers to advance in the playoffs. I could hear my Mom and Grandfather cheering in heaven!

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

IndoorDame Shana Tova ♥️ 5mo
AmyG And to you @IndoorDame Wishing you a Happy, Healthy, Sweet New Year! 5mo
peaKnit I live in WI but am a Cubs fan so also secretly found joy in the Brewers loss. Please don‘t tell my husband lol! My mom is cheering in heaven with yours🩷 (edited) 5mo
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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 5mo
mcctrish Shana Tova ( and we have been cheering on the Mets too) 5mo
Lesliereadsalot Happiest new year! And that‘s great about your daughter moving there. It makes me smile thinking about how happy you are 😀🩷✡️ 5mo
Deblovestoread Wishing you peaceful new year! And how nice to have your daughter close. 💜 5mo
AmyG @peaKnit 👊🏻 5mo
dabbe 🖤🧡🖤 5mo
DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 Wishing you the happiest of New Years! 🎊 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 5mo
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peaKnit
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Never too late for #5JoyFriday 🎉
1. Dinner at DanDan in Milwaukee with the college kid (owned by Top Chef WI #2)
1a. Literally watching daughter become a grown up, with a very independent soul. 🩷
2. My first dahlia, maybe only, at last
3. Kevin sleeping soundly
4. July temp circles
5. A lovely care package from my knitter girl gang.
@DebinHawaii

julieclair What a great list of joys! 6mo
mcctrish That dahlia 😍😍 I have some to plant and I need to commit 6mo
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peaKnit
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1. Sophomore in college
2 and 3. Fuzzy friends
4. First run back on the trail
5. June temp circles for my blanket

#5JoyFriday @DebinHawaii
I‘d like to tag everyone, bring the joy🎉🩷

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
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peaKnit
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Movie and cake for a 19 year old‘s birthday
2. Vacay planning
3. Very good raspberry muffins
4. Busy and focused work week
5. Staycation ahead
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

dabbe HB to the 19-year-old! 🤩🤩🤩 8mo
mrp27 I got my Oogie Boogie tickets too! 🎃 8mo
JenReadsAlot Omg I can't believe she is 19!? Happy birthday for me! 8mo
peaKnit @mrp27 I can‘t wait to go! 🏰 8mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛 Happy Birthday to your daughter 🎉🎂🎉 & those raspberry muffins look amazing! 😋 Thanks for joining in & helping spread the joy! 🤗 8mo
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peaKnit
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii @JenReadsAlot
1. Dinner with a friend
2. Book event and adventure day with a friend
3. Annual Berry picking with the fam
4. Father‘s Day with my husband‘s family
5. Lunch with a friend today
Lots of food and joy this week 🥰🥳

TheBookHippie 😍😍😍😍😍 9mo
DebinHawaii A very joyful week full of food, family & fun sounds great! 💛💛💛 And 🍓🍓🍓! Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 8mo
peaKnit @DebinHawaii It truly was a week full of joy, that you for the reminder to soak it in! 8mo
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LiseWorks
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1. At the market I attended over the weekend, a lady made art with old books. They were amazing.
2. My daffodils.
3. My sister made me a hat for me to wear at my trial on Sunday. It says #TeamOakley
4. I got my order from Vesseys. Bulbs of flowers
5. Planted at a new spot, which I prepared for Gladiolus

@DebinHawaii

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 10mo
dabbe DAFFIES! 🩷🌼🩷 10mo
DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys!!! 💛💛💛Just seeing a glimpse of daffodils 🌼 brings joy to my heart! Great hat & good luck with the trial! Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy. 🤗 (edited) 10mo
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Cazxxx
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IuliaC I love carnelian! 2y
Cazxxx @IuliaC It‘s a lovely stone 🧡 2y
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